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Caranx ignobilis (Forsskål, 1775)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Perciformes
family
Carangidae
genus
Caranx
species
Caranx ignobilis

Name

Synonyms
Carangus hippoides Jenkins, 1903
Caranx ekala Cuvier, 1833
Caranx ignoblis (Forsskål, 1775)
Caranx korab Lacepède, 1801
Caranx lessonii Lesson, 1831
Caranx sansum (Forsskål, 1775)
Caranx sansun (Forsskål, 1775)
Scomber ignobilis Forsskål, 1775
Scomber sansum Forsskål, 1775
Scomber sansun Forsskål, 1775
Homonyms
Caranx ignobilis (Forsskål, 1775)
Common names
Akao in Malagasy
Among-among in Malay
Antriotrioka in Malagasy
Atanagul parawa in Sinhalese
Baal-guguud in Somali
Bagat in Malay
Bagat mamong in Malay
Barrier Trevally in English
Batola in Malagasy
Bayad in Arabic
Belukok mamong in Malay
Berkas in Malay
Black ulua in English
Bontok in language.
Bulatot in language.
Burgahi in language.
Carangide gigante indopacifico in Italian
Carango gigante indopacifico in Italian
Carangue grande face in language.
Carangue gros tête in language.
Carangue gros tête, Carangue grosse tête in French
Carangue grosse race in language.
Carangue grosse tête in French
Carangue grosse tête in French
Carangue pièce noire in language.
Carangue têtue in French
Carangue à grosse tête in French
Carangue à grosse tête in French
Carangue à grosse tête, Grosse carangue in French
Chederobk in language.
Cherobk in language.
Cupak in Malay
Cá Khế vây vàng in Vietnamese
Dawa in language.
Dibsy in Arabic
Dickkopf-Makrele in German
Doo in language.
Drotrii in language.
Erobk in language.
Eropk in language.
Forsskål's Indo-Pacific jack fish in English
Fuaika in language.
GT in English
Gapok in Indonesian
Gerepoh in Malay
Giant Jack, Giant trevally in English
Giant kingfish in English
Giant ulua in English
Girim in Arabic
Gish-e-bozorg in Persian

Bibliographic References

  1. Allen, Gerald R., and Mark V. Erdmann, 2012: null. Reef fishes of the East Indies, volumes 1-3. 1-1260.
  2. Daget, J., and W. F. Smith-Vaniz, 1986: Carangidae. Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa, vol. 2. 308-322.
  3. Fricke, Ronald, 2008: Authorship, availability and validity of fish names described by Peter (Pehr) Simon Forsskål and Johann Christian Fabricius in the 'Descriptiones animalium' by Carsten Niebuhr in 1775 (Pisces). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A, vol. 1. 1-76.
  4. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  5. Heemstra, Phillip C., Elaine Heemstra, David A. Ebert, Wouter Holleman, and John E. Randall (eds.), 2022: null. Coastal fishes of the western Indian Ocean, vol. 4. xi + 467.
  6. Kimura, Seishi, Shun Takeuchi, and Taishi Yadome, 2022: Generic revision of the species formerly belonging to the genus Carangoides and its related genera (Carangiformes: Carangidae). Ichthyological Research, vol. 69. 433-487.
  7. Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
  8. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  9. Mundy, Bruce C., 2005: Checklist of the fishes of the Hawaiian Archipelago. Bishop Museum Bulletins in Zoology, No. 6. 1-703.
  10. Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262.
  11. Smith-Vaniz, William F., 2022: Family Carangidae, Trevallies. Coastal fishes of the western Indian Ocean, vol. 4. 28-67.
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